Lewin Fitzhamon

Directing

Lewin Fitzhamon

Born 1869-06-05

Lewin "Fitz" Fitzhamon (5 June 1869 – 10 October 1961) was a British filmmaker, who worked as Cecil Hepworth's principal director in the early decades of the twentieth century. His best-known film is Rescued by Rover (1905). Other directing credits include An Englishman Trip to Paris from London (1904), That Fatal Sneeze (1907), The Man and his Bottle (1908) and A New Hat for Nothing (1910). In total, he directed around 400 films.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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A horse fetches help when tramps attack its master.

Black Beauty

1906

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A man buys a magic powder that makes him invisible.

Invisibility

1909

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Biopic about the composer.

Georges Bizet

1927

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Biopic about the composer.

Georges Bizet

1927

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The pursuit of a highwayman taking a message to a knight (First British one-reel feature).

Dick Turpin's Ride to York

1906

The Heart of a Fishergirl poster
9.0

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The Heart of a Fishergirl

Tilly's Party poster
5.8

Two young men help two girls escape.

Tilly's Party

1911

Tilly's Party poster
5.8

Two young men help two girls escape.

Tilly's Party

1911

Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor poster
5.3

Funny how we think of the loutish behaviour of some of today's teens as a modern-day phenomenon. Here, in a short film more than one hundred years old, we see two tearaways terrorising a bed-ridden old lady, sabotaging a number of honest workmen as they go about their daily work, vandalising a bakery and taking a vehicle without consent - all in the space of six frenetic minutes.

Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor

1910

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A wounded soldier dreams of his mother whose framed miniature deflects a bullet from his heart.

His Mother's Portrait, or The Soldier's Vision

1900

Poison or Whiskey poster
4.0

A man wins a girl by pretending to take poison.

Poison or Whiskey

1905

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9.0

Taken from a music hall sketch of Lewin Fitzhamon and advertised as 'Two minutes of white hot excitement taking place on the open veldt.

Briton vs. Boer

1900

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6.5

A drunkard has a vision of everything turning into bottles.

The Man and His Bottle

1908

The Jonah Man; or, The Traveller Bewitched poster
6.0

A man preparing for a trip encounters a series of mysterious problems.

The Jonah Man; or, The Traveller Bewitched

1904

Prehistoric Peeps poster
9.0

A scientist dreams of prehistoric monsters. He awakes in a cavern. A dinosaur chases him, even though he tries to shoot it with his revolver. The chase continues onto the surface. The professor meets a group of prehistoric women, who flee when other monsters appear. The professor's wife finds him sleeping in the laboratory, surrounded by fossils, and wakes him with water from a siphon. Its generally believed to be the first film depiction of dinosaurs, here accomplished through the use of simple pantomime costumes. This short film was only viewable at the BFI until youtuber coldcrashpictures paid money to release it digitally on his channel.

Prehistoric Peeps

1905

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7.0

A star player is kidnapped by the opposition. However, they are foiled by his girl-friend, just in time for him to get to the match and score the winning goal.

Harry the Footballer

1911

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A captured detective is rescued by a dog.

The Detective in Peril

1910

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7.0

An Englishman travel's abroad

A Trip to Paris

1904

Rescued by Rover poster
6.1

A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.

Rescued by Rover

1905

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A dog saves children from drowning and reconciles their parents.

Daddy's Darlings

1913

A Seaside Girl poster
5.0

Three suitors try to impress a girl by chasing her all over the place. Finally she makes her choice.

A Seaside Girl

1907

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A father saves his kidnapped daughter from the indians.

The Squatter's Daughter

1906

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8.0

A man plays a trick to gain a woman's affection.

Poison or Whiskey

1905

Lost, Stolen or Strayed poster
6.5

A young woman is abducted and forced to beg from passers-by.

Lost, Stolen or Strayed

1905